Do you know about the emulator console command "geo fix"? http://developer.android.com/intl/fr/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html#geo
This works pretty well except it has been noted that there is apparently a rounding bug in the emulator console (which is not present in the DDMS setting). So you may get a location that is a hundred meters or so away from the value you give it. On Jan 28, 2:56 pm, julius <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh yeah I was coming to the conclusion it might be some kind of Timer > setup for testing... > > Thanks for the reply. > > On Jan 29, 8:53 am, Robert Woodruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have not found a way to do it in the emulator. All the GPS/location > > testing I do on a real device. Sometimes I get in the car and drive around > > to get more real world situation. Of course what you quickly discover is how > > crummy the GPS works in a car (or in a mall) :-). > > > If you are testing with cellular locations rather than GPS locations you may > > need to do alot more moving around as the cellular location system is not so > > granular as real GPS. > > > You may want to rig up a little ticker inside your app to feed location > > updates to the app for bench testing. Just put a sting array of coordinates > > in the resource fork and use the Timer class to drive the coordinate > > reader/feeder. It will simulate OK. But for location stuff actually getting > > out and moving the device around has been important. It is alot of fun just > > you and the stupid android and a laptop on the front seat stopping in parks > > and parking lots to toy with Eclipse and DDMS. > > > Now if Google could just arrange for these apps to sell better... > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:10 PM, julius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for the reply. I'm really trying to respond to changes. > > > > This is a good idea to kick things off, but I'd like to be able to > > > show changes so I can turn the GPS service on/off. Is there a way to > > > do fake this in the emulator? > > > > Regards, > > > Julius. > > > > On Jan 29, 2:50 am, WoodManEXP <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sure, simply hard code the test coordinate in your app at the point > > > > you would otherwise call the LocationManager to get the last known > > > > location. Not too elegant, but it has worked over here on many > > > > occasions... > > > > > On Jan 27, 10:57 pm, julius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have an application which uses the network as the location provider > > > > > (rather than GPS eg.), however I can't seem to figure out how to send > > > > > the emulator test coordinates. In DDMS I would usually send > > > > > coordinates in the Emulator Control tab. > > > > > > Is there a place to simulate coordinates derived from the cell phone > > > > > network provider? > > > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > > > (If I try to get the last known location I get: > > > > > java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: provider=network) > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
